(A)Unless the Lord of hosts
Had left to us a very small remnant,
We would have become like (B)Sodom,
We would have been made like Gomorrah.

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Unless the Lord Almighty
    had left us some survivors,(A)
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.(B)

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31 And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah
Shall again take root downward,
And bear fruit upward.
32 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant,
And those who escape from Mount Zion.
The (A)zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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31 Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah
    will take root(A) below and bear fruit(B) above.
32 For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant,(C)
    and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.(D)
The zeal(E) of the Lord Almighty
    will accomplish this.

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29 And as Isaiah said before:

(A)“Unless the Lord of [a]Sabaoth had left us a seed,
(B)We would have become like Sodom,
And we would have been made like Gomorrah.”

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  1. Romans 9:29 Lit., in Heb., Hosts

29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:

“Unless the Lord Almighty(A)
    had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.”[a](B)

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  1. Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9

24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur(A) on Sodom and Gomorrah(B)—from the Lord out of the heavens.(C)

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22 (A)Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions (B)fail not.

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22 Because of the Lord’s great love(A) we are not consumed,(B)
    for his compassions never fail.(C)

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But what does the divine response say to him? (A)“I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” (B)Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And (C)if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. [a]But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

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  1. Romans 11:6 NU omits the rest of v. 6.

And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”[a](A) So too, at the present time there is a remnant(B) chosen by grace.(C) And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works;(D) if it were, grace would no longer be grace.

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  1. Romans 11:4 1 Kings 19:18

11 “I overthrew some of you,
As God overthrew (A)Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.

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11 “I overthrew some of you
    as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.(A)
You were like a burning stick(B) snatched from the fire,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(C)

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It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to (A)reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

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It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule(A) the living God,(B) and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard.(C) Therefore pray(D) for the remnant(E) that still survives.”

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13 When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people,
(A)It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree,
Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done.

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13 So will it be on the earth
    and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,(A)
    or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.(B)

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(A)Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it,
Like the shaking of an olive tree,
Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough,
Four or five in its most fruitful branches,”
Says the Lord God of Israel.

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Yet some gleanings will remain,(A)
    as when an olive tree is beaten,(B)
leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches,
    four or five on the fruitful boughs,”
declares the Lord, the God of Israel.

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The Returning Remnant of Israel

20 And it shall come to pass in that day
That the remnant of Israel,
And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob,
(A)Will never again depend on him who [a]defeated them,
But will depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
To the (B)Mighty God.
22 (C)For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea,
(D)A remnant of them will return;
The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

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  1. Isaiah 10:20 Lit. struck

The Remnant of Israel

20 In that day(A) the remnant of Israel,
    the survivors(B) of Jacob,
will no longer rely(C) on him
    who struck them down(D)
but will truly rely(E) on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.(F)
21 A remnant(G) will return,[a](H) a remnant of Jacob
    will return to the Mighty God.(I)
22 Though your people be like the sand(J) by the sea, Israel,
    only a remnant will return.(K)
Destruction has been decreed,(L)
    overwhelming and righteous.

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  1. Isaiah 10:21 Hebrew shear-jashub (see 7:3 and note); also in verse 22

13 But yet a tenth will be in it,
And will return and be for consuming,
As a terebinth tree or as an oak,
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
So (A)the holy seed shall be its stump.”

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13 And though a tenth remains(A) in the land,
    it will again be laid waste.(B)
But as the terebinth and oak
    leave stumps(C) when they are cut down,
    so the holy(D) seed will be the stump in the land.”(E)

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32 Then he said, (A)“Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?”

(B)And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.”

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32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more.(A) What if only ten can be found there?”

He answered, “For the sake of ten,(B) I will not destroy it.”

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